August 16, 2023, 09:13 AM
Anslem bid for Epoch the night before, informing both @Mahler and @Wylla of his intent. His pace was leisurely - there were many natural barriers between the packs, and his energy conservation was of utmost importance.
He fell to a familiar footpath along the park. Oak and silvery fern dotted the forest floor, giving way to open sightlines and a soft meadow valley indented between the rough ridges of mountains flanking the vale.
The scents here were stark - deer, turkeys, the occasional acrid scent of fox. But one stood out among the rest and caused Anselm’s hackles to blade. It was pungent and predatory - not bear, not wolf — it was evocative of the big cat which stalked him and Donnie some weeks before, but different somehow.
A chill crawled the back of his spine as he saw a figure far larger than him take shape on the path ahead.
He fell to a familiar footpath along the park. Oak and silvery fern dotted the forest floor, giving way to open sightlines and a soft meadow valley indented between the rough ridges of mountains flanking the vale.
The scents here were stark - deer, turkeys, the occasional acrid scent of fox. But one stood out among the rest and caused Anselm’s hackles to blade. It was pungent and predatory - not bear, not wolf — it was evocative of the big cat which stalked him and Donnie some weeks before, but different somehow.
A chill crawled the back of his spine as he saw a figure far larger than him take shape on the path ahead.